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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
November 2023
Print publication year:
2023
Online ISBN:
9781009030434
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Creative Common License - CC Creative Common License - BY Creative Common License - NC Creative Common License - ND
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Book description

Tokens are underutilised artefacts from the ancient world, but as everyday objects they were key in mediating human interactions. This book provides an accessible introduction to tokens from Roman Italy. It explores their role in the creation of imperial imagery, as well as what they can reveal about the numerous identities that existed in different communities within Rome and Ostia. It is clear that tokens carried imagery that was connected to the emotions and experiences of different festivals, and that they were designed to act upon their users to provoke particular reactions. Tokens bear many similarities to ancient Roman currency, but also possess important differences. The tokens of Roman Italy were objects used by a wide variety of groups for particular events or moments in time; their designs reveal experiences and individuals otherwise lost to history. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

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Contents

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  • Tokens and Social Life in Roman Imperial Italy
    pp i-ii
  • Tokens and Social Life in Roman Imperial Italy - Title page
    pp iii-iii
  • Copyright page
    pp iv-iv
  • Dedication
    pp v-vi
  • Contents
    pp vii-vii
  • Figures
    pp viii-xv
  • Acknowledgements
    pp xvi-xvii
  • Abbreviations
    pp xviii-xx
  • 1 - Introduction
    pp 1-36
  • 2 - Tokens and the Imperial Family
    pp 37-77
  • 3 - Creating Identities in Rome, Ostia and Italy
    pp 78-126
  • 4 - Cult, Euergetism and the Imagery of Festivals
    pp 127-169
  • 5 - Tokens, Finds and Small-Scale Economies
    pp 170-212
  • 6 - Conclusion
    pp 213-216
  • Tokens and the History of Roman Imperial Italy
  • References
    pp 217-242
  • Index
    pp 243-248

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